Inspiration edit
22 June 2016: At Wikimania Esino Laria Pre-conference, I sat at a table with Vassia and when I left the building, I committed to her that I'll participate in m:100wikidays! I started out thinking #100wikidays would be a lark. Write an article a day? Sure! No worries! Tralalalala!
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30 September 2016: It has been quite a journey for me.
I wrote the first article on 6/22/16 during Wikimania Learning Days in Esino Lario regarding one of the village's churches. It was a translation from the Italian article. Seemed fitting. While I walked to dinner that night, I heard that church's church bells ringing and I looked up at the church, and I thought, "it is a sign!". I didn't know what it was a sign of, but to me, it felt very positive and I remember feeling very happy listening to those bells.
The next morning, 6/23, the first day of Wikimania, I heard Jimmy name me co-WOTY (thank you from the bottom of my heart), and later that day, I was asked if I was agreeable about being a co-grantee /co-organizer for WikiConference North America 2016. Both of these events have dramatically changed my life. I've been pulled in many directions as a result of this, often involving late night calls during the week with our organizing team. They've heard me say, over and over again, "I have to hop off the call and go write my article of the day". They, and my partner, have been supportive; and that has meant a lot to me, and I couldn't have gotten through 100wikidays without the support.
In the midst of these 100 days, two major personal events occurred: I sold my house (I'm moving back to Northern California next month) and I announced my retirement, after 26 years, to my employer. #yay! Now, 100 days later, I figured out what the "sign" meant when those church bells were ringing on 6/22. They were foretelling that while my life would change dramatically in the next 100 days -in very wonderful, albeit sometimes stressful ways- I could count on one constant in my life, and that was the quiet time I'd give every day to writing a Wikipedia article. And for that and all the other wonderful blessings of my life, I am truly grateful.
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| MM-DD | User | #Day (per User) | Language code | Article in local Wikipedia | Article in English & short description | Wikidata object | Total # of articles
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09-29 | Rosiestep | 100 | en | Eliza Henderson Boardman Otis | American philanthropist, novelist, and social leader | Q27052101 | 7858 |
| 09-28 | Rosiestep | 099 | en | Emma Aline Osgood | American soprano | Q27043686 | 7805 |
| 09-27 | Rosiestep | 098 | en | Amanda McFarland | American missionary | Q27039045 | 7790 |
| 09-26 | Rosiestep | 097 | en | James Wilson Robertson (dairyman) | Canada's first Commissioner of Agriculture and Dairying | Q27033532 | 7778 |
| 09-25 | Rosiestep | 096 | en | Carme Solé Vendrell | Spanish illustrator and writer | Q8338642 | 7764 |
| 09-24 | Rosiestep | 095 | en | Gemma Lienas | Spanish writer, feminist activist, and politician | Q3393862 | 7726 |
| 09-23 | Rosiestep | 094 | en | Mercedes Comaposada | Spanish anarcho-feminist who cofounded Mujeres Libres | Q11936553 | 7725 |
| 09-22 | Rosiestep | 093 | en | Rosa Dubovsky | Argentinian activist, feminist and anarchist | Q6112153 | 7701 |
| 09-21 | Rosiestep | 092 | en | Consuelo González Ramos | Spanish nurse, journalist, feminist | Q19617347 | 7700 |
| 09-20 | Rosiestep | 091 | en | Margarita Ortega (magonist) | Mexican anarchist | Q2895159 | 7699 |
| 09-19 | Rosiestep | 090 | en | Emanuela Setti Carraro | Italian nurse | Q3723867 | 7698 |
| 09-18 | Rosiestep | 089 | en | Antonia Maymón | Spanish nurse | Q5697580 | 7610 |
| 09-17 | Rosiestep | 088 | en | Caroline Nelson | Danish-born birth control advocate and radical socialist | Q26916068 | 7591 |
| 09-16 | Rosiestep | 087 | en | Juana Rouco Buela | Spanish-Argentine laundress, anarcha-feminist, trade unionist | Q5394278 | 7575 |
| 09-15 | Rosiestep | 086 | en | Mika Feldman de Etchebéhère | Argentine militant anarchist and Marxist libertarian | Q6016012 | 7554 |
| 09-14 | Rosiestep | 085 | en | Antònia Fontanillas Borràs | Spanish Catalan seamstress, anarcho-syndicalists, trade unionist | Q19289854 | 7543 |
| 09-13 | Rosiestep | 084 | en | Sara Berenguer Laosa | Spanish Catalan militant anarco-sindicalist, anarcha-feminist, and writer | Q17425842 | 7498 |
| 09-12 | Rosiestep | 083 | en | Lola Iturbe | Spanish anarchist, activist, and journalist | Q9023549 | 7489 |
| 09-11 | Rosiestep | 082 | en | Jeanne Bouvier | French feminist and militant trade unionist | Q812769 | 7448 |
| 09-10 | Rosiestep | 081 | en | Convent de Sant Domènec de Girona | Spanish church | Q13981422 | 7436 |
| 09-09 | Rosiestep | 080 | en | Iglesia de San Félix (Girona) | Spanish church | Q9007068 | 7408 |
| 09-08 | Rosiestep | 079 | en | Marta Madrenas i Mir | Spanish politician and lawyer | Q23016204 | 7404 |
| 09-07 | Rosiestep | 078 | en | Christiane Reimann | Danish nurse | Q18421596 | 7403 |
| 09-06 | Rosiestep | 077 | en | Stikine Sound | Body of water in the U.S. state of Alaska | Q26839260 | 7402 |
| 09-05 | Rosiestep | 076 | en | Merry Elisabeth Scheel | Danish nurse and nursing theorist | Q12326691 | 7304 |
| 09-04 | Rosiestep | 075 | en | Moncodeno | Lombardy mountain | Q3860596 | 7287 |
| 09-03 | Rosiestep | 074 | en | Pauline Chaponnière-Chaix | Swiss nurse, feminist and suffragette | Q23005614 | 7275 |
| 09-02 | Rosiestep | 073 | en | Lucía Figar | Spanish politician | Q5689942 | 7241 |
| 09-01 | Rosiestep | 072 | en | Giribaile Castle | Ruined Spanish fortification | Q5757344 | 7220 |
| 08-31 | Rosiestep | 071 | en | Castillo de Aldehuela | Spanish castle | Q5412843 | 7205 |
| 08-30 | Rosiestep | 070 | en | Castillo de Albanchez de Mágina | Spanish fortification | Q24038992 | 7192 |
| 08-29 | Rosiestep | 069 | en | Basílica de Santa María de los Reales Alcázares | Spanish basilica | Q5911869 | 7173 |
| 08-28 | Rosiestep | 068 | en | Charlotte Remfry | Spanish writer | Q23054403 | 7115 |
| 08-27 | Rosiestep | 067 | en | Teresa Espasa | Spanish writer | Q19950700 | 7110 |
| 08-26 | Rosiestep | 066 | en | María Egual | Spanish writer | Q6003655 | 7097 |
| 08-25 | Rosiestep | 065 | en | Maria Dolores Aguilar | Spanish politician | Q6003611 | 7080 |
| 08-24 | Rosiestep | 064 | en | Elvira Rodríguez | Spanish economist and politician | Q3051830 | 7052 |
| 08-23 | Rosiestep | 063 | en | Rosa Posada | Spanish politician | Q6112228 | 7039 |
| 08-22 | Rosiestep | 062 | en | Chola Luna | Argentine singer | Q16941983 | 7017 |
| 08-21 | Rosiestep | 061 | en | Violeta Rivas | Argentine singer | Q16646634 | 6993 |
| 08-20 | Rosiestep | 060 | en | Cachita Galán | Argentine singer | Q26213589 | 6983 |
| 08-19 | Rosiestep | 059 | en | Mirta Arlt | Argentine writer | Q6018296 | 6982 |
| 08-18 | Rosiestep | 058 | en | Nélida María Bacigalupo | Argentinian botanist | Q11002234 | 6943 |
| 08-17 | Rosiestep | 057 | en | Carolina Scotto | Argentinian philosopher, academic, politician | Q5753278 | 6927 |
| 08-16 | Rosiestep | 056 | en | Elena Theodorini | Romanian singer | Q3050729 | 6912 |
| 08-15 | Rosiestep | 055 | en | María del Pilar León-Castro Alonso | Spanish archaeologist, historian, academic | Q22965063 | 6893 |
| 08-14 | Rosiestep | 054 | en | Lluís Muncunill i Parellada | Spanish Catalan architect | Q9023348 | 6877 |
| 08-13 | Rosiestep | 053 | en | Monumental church complex of Sant Pere de Terrassa | Historical Spanish church complex | Q3054904 | 6873 |
| 08-12 | Rosiestep | 052 | en | en:Consuelo Mayendía | Spanish singer and actress | Q5784851 | 6857 |
| 08-11 | Rosiestep | 051 | en | en:Rosario Soler | Spanish singer | Q20898806 | 6832 |
| 08-10 | Rosiestep | 050 | en | en:Ofelia Nieto | Spanish singer | Q6049167 | 6817 |
| 08-09 | Rosiestep | 049 | en | en:Ángeles Ottein | Spanish singer | Q3944566 | 6804 |
| 08-08 | Rosiestep | 048 | en | en:Matilde Pretel | Spanish singer | Q20005887 | 6792 |
| 08-07 | Rosiestep | 047 | en | en:Lucrecia Arana | Spanish singer | Q5982375 | 6777 |
| 08-06 | Rosiestep | 046 | en | en:Castillo o Torre | Ruined Spanish fort and castle | Q20855841 | 6770 |
| 08-05 | Rosiestep | 045 | en | en:Iglesia de Santiago (Benicalaf) | Spanish church | Q763785 | 6761 |
| 08-04 | Rosiestep | 044 | en | en:Iglesia arciprestal de Santa María (Alcoy) | Spanish church | Q527293 | 6753 |
| 08-03 | Rosiestep | 043 | en | en:Kathrine Chemnitz | Greenlandic politician | Q11257774 | 6732 |
| 08-02 | Rosiestep | 042 | en | en:Isabel Miranda de Wallace | Mexican educator and social activist | Q5920794 | 6717 |
| 08-01 | Rosiestep | 041 | en | en:Isabel Ortega Ventura | Bolivian farmer and indigenous politician | Q26208055 | 6706 |
| 07-31 | Rosiestep | 040 | en | en:Hermitage of St. Simon | Spanish church | Q11919598 | 6687 |
| 07-30 | Rosiestep | 039 | en | en:Hilda Herzer | Argentinian sociologist | Q10938576 | 6652 |
| 07-29 | Rosiestep | 038 | en | en:Cabdella Lakes | Spanish lakes which form a reservoir | Q17603303 | 6644 |
| 07-28 | Rosiestep | 037 | en | en:Primarosa Chieri | Italian-Argentinian geneticist | Q16298369 | 6628 |
| 07-27 | Rosiestep | 036 | en | en:Elena Chiozza | Argentinian geographer | Q5829179 | 6615 |
| 07-26 | Rosiestep | 035 | en | en:Nuncia María Tur | Argentinian botanist | Q9051187 | 6600 |
| 07-25 | Rosiestep | 034 | en | en:Maevia Noemí Correa | Argentinian botanist | Q1370723 | 6585 |
| 07-24 | Rosiestep | 033 | en | en:Teresa Andrés Zamora | Spanish librarian | Q23705311 | 6563 |
| 07-23 | Rosiestep | 032 | en | en:Annibale degli Abati Olivieri | Italian archaeologist, numismatist, librarian, and founder of the Biblioteca Oliveriana, Pesaro | Q3618079 | 6552 |
| 07-22 | Rosiestep | 031 | en | en:Ana Santos Aramburo | Spanish librarian | Q5674076 | 6540 |
| 07-21 | Rosiestep | 030 | en | en:Dolors Lamarca | Spanish librarian | Q11917594 | 6526 |
| 07-20 | Rosiestep | 029 | en | en:Soledad Cazorla | The first Spanish prosecutor against gender violence | Q19857069 | 6510 |
| 07-19 | Rosiestep | 028 | en | en:Library of the Royal Institute of Asturian Studies | RIDEA Library | Q24940856 | 6493 |
| 07-18 | Rosiestep | 027 | en | en:Guma Zorrilla | Uruguayan costume designer for theater, film, and television | Q5889222 | 6476 |
| 07-17 | Rosiestep | 026 | en | en:María Luisa Escobar | Venezuelan musicologist, pianist, composer, and caricaturist | Q3301928 | 6457 |
| 07-16 | Rosiestep | 025 | en | en:Macedonia Blas Flores | Mexican human rights activist of hñañú origin, she was a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 | Q9026469 | 6436 |
| 07-15 | Rosiestep | 024 | en | en:Henri Negresco | Romanian hotel director and founder of Hotel Negresco, Nice, France | Q717209 | 6417 |
| 07-14 | Rosiestep | 023 | en | en:El Chico National Park | Mexican national park | Q6378140 | 6402 |
| 07-13 | Rosiestep | 022 | en | en:Vivi Laurent-Täckholm | Swedish botanist | Q4983741 | 6394 |
| 07-12 | Rosiestep | 021 | en | en:Lake Ercina | Spanish lake | Q5197524 | 6380 |
| 07-11 | Rosiestep | 020 | en | en:Inga Fischer-Hjalmars | Swedish physicist, chemist, humanist; a pioneer in quantum chemistry | Q4948133 | 6369 |
| 07-10 | Rosiestep | 019 | en | en:Rosa María Cid López | Spanish academic specializing in the study of women and gender | Q23781709 | 6355 |
| 07-09 | Rosiestep | 018 | en | en:Ana Cano | Asturian philologist; president, Academy of the Asturian Language | Q8198010 | 6339 |
| 07-08 | Rosiestep | 017 | en | en:Saliencia Lakes | Lake system in Asturias, Spain | Q5968954 | 6330 |
| 07-07 | Rosiestep | 016 | en | en:Lake Enol | Lake in Asturias, Spain | Q5195553 | 6317 |
| 07-06 | Rosiestep | 015 | en | en:American Bay | Bay in Alaska, US | Q25513842 | 6306 |
| 07-05 | Rosiestep | 014 | en | en:Kaigani Strait | Alaskan waterway | Q25374468 | 6283 |
| 07-04 | Rosiestep | 013 | en | en:Champion-Providence Mine | California gold mine | Q25343745 | 6267 |
| 07-03 | Rosiestep | 012 | en | en:Pacific Packing and Navigation Company | Alaskan salmon packing and shipping company | Q25336648 | 6254 |
| 07-02 | Rosiestep | 011 | en | en:Annie Aghnaqa (Akeya) Alowa | Alaskan Yupik environmental activist, healer, and leader in health and justice advocacy for indigenous peoples. | Q25271226 | 6232 |
| 07-01 | Rosiestep | 010 | en | en:Aída Olivier | Argentine actress, dancer, vedette | Q5715346 | 6218 |
| 06-30 | Rosiestep | 009 | en | en:Susana Romero | Argentine actress | Q6136370 | 6212 |
| 06-29 | Rosiestep | 008 | en | en:Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker | French Algerian writer | Q18191462 | 6187 |
| 06-28 | Rosiestep | 007 | en | en:Simone Papa the Younger | Italian painter | Q25021035 | 6179 |
| 06-27 | Rosiestep | 006 | en | en:Monastero delle Murate | Former convent in Florence, Italy | Q3860451 | 6171 |
| 06-26 | Rosiestep | 005 | en | en:Monastero di San Salvatore (Capo di Ponte) | Monastery in Val Camonica, Italy | Q3860509 | 6160 |
| 06-25 | Rosiestep | 004 | en | en:Monastero di Santa Lucia (Adrano) | Italian monastery | Q24805908 | 6155 |
| 06-24 | Rosiestep | 003 | en | en:Abbazia di San Pietro al Monte | Architectural complex in Lecco, Italy | Q2820562 | 6152 |
| 06-23 | Rosiestep | 002 | en | en:Church of St. Pietro in Ortanella | Italian church in Esino Lario | Q21055961 | 6141 |
| 06-22 | Rosiestep | 001 | en | en:Chiesa di San Vittore (Esino Lario) | Italian church in Esino Lario | Q21043300 | 6139 |
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Wow, congratulations, Rosie! You are an inspiration. We are so lucky to have you contributing to the Wikimedia movement and I am happy to call you a friend. Thanks for everything. ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:13, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
- Another Believer, thank you, my friend! --Rosiestep (talk) 13:46, 3 October 2016 (UTC)